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The Case of the Phenomenal Weather
In "The Case of the Phenomenal Weather,"
students can join the tree house detectives as
they plan a trip to the Caribbean and encounter
problems trying to predict the weather. In this
case the tree house detectives will learn about
violent storms such as hurricanes and
tornadoes, weather fronts, global wind patterns and climates. While solving the case,
they will discover that predicting the weather is not predictable at all!
Directions: Watch the following videos then answer the questions that follow:
Part 1: https://www.knowitall.org/video/case-phenomenal-weather-part-1-nasa-scifiles (12:35)
What types of information does Tony Perkins say he uses to do weather forecasting?
How do clouds form?
What are the three main types of clouds?
What is air pressure?
Part 2: https://www.knowitall.org/video/case-phenomenal-weather-part-2-nasa-scifiles (18:57)
Where is the eye of the hurricane located?
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What is the Coriolis Effect?
How does LIDAR tell the amount of water vapor in the air?
Part 3: https://www.knowitall.org/video/case-phenomenal-weather-part-3-nasa-scifiles (14:36)
What is probability?
What force holds satellites in orbit around the Earth?
How will GIFTS help meteorologists predict storms earlier?
Part 4: https://www.knowitall.org/video/case-phenomenal-weather-part-4-nasa-scifiles (12:31)
How are hurricanes named?
What is the difference between a hurricane watch and a hurricane warning?
How can past hurricanes help to predict the track of future hurricanes?